Breaking Panthers fire Matt Rhule

[JankTheTank]

Was Baylor really that much of a rebuilding job? I mean when he was hired, they were just two years removed from a ten-win season. He took over a team that had 7 wins under an interim HC, and proceeded to produce a season with a single win.

I heard he had like 45 players available on scholarship when he arrived. He didn't just inherit Art Briles' Baylor roster when he came on board.

 

[herbsinator]

Was Baylor really that much of a rebuilding job? I mean when he was hired, they were just two years removed from a ten-win season. He took over a team that had 7 wins under an interim HC, and proceeded to produce a season with a single win.

Baylor effectively got death penalty’d when he took over

 

[Mavsker]

Maybe ole boy should work on figuring out the basics of R before he starts dropping face melters.

 

[Alcaus]

I don't understand the tone around recruiting at Nebraska. Coaches who aren't known as great recruiters can regularly bring in top-25 classes.

A great recruiting staff can do much better than that, as we've seen.

Why it has to be an either/or conversation confuses the hell out of me.

 

[skerfan]

I heard he had like 45 players available on scholarship when he arrived. He didn't just inherit Art Briles' Baylor roster when he came on board.

With no free transfersl and they still had the 25 per year scholarship limit that no longer exists. So they had to do it mostly through high school and juco, 25 kids at a time max.

 

[Toe]

Baylor effectively got death penalty’d when he took over

I know it was a shitshow, and he didn't take over the same roster Briles had, but how much of the hammer came down before vs after Grobe's 7-win season?

 

[Boondock_St_Sker]

Matt Rhule is going to be getting $834,000/Mo for the next 4 years if he doesn't take a job. Man the buy out life is so sweet.

unless your lifestyle has changed to the point where you NEED more than that much money per month I'd say FUCK IT!!! I'm not doing Jack or Shit for a while bitches...or if he just isn't content being out of football...I know his new salary would offset that buy out but still...FUCK IT!!!

 

[Mavsker]

unless your lifestyle has changed to the point where you NEED more than that much money per month I'd say FUCK IT!!! I'm not doing Jack or Shit for a while bitches...or if he just isn't content being out of football...I know his new salary would offset that buy out but still...FUCK IT!!!

Does anyone know how his salary offset is structured? It would be smart if they structured it like, if you takes another coaching job, your buyout will be reduced by half of your new salary amount (i.e. -50 cents from the Panthers for $1 earned from Nebraska). If the buyout is reduced by 100% of the new salary, there is no incentive for him to take a new job.

He'll already be making $10 million a year so if it's a 100% reduction, Nebraska paying him $10 million/year would leave him no better off.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Does anyone know how his salary offset is structured? It would be smart if they structured it like, if you takes another coaching job, your buyout will be reduced by half of your new salary amount (i.e. -50 cents from the Panthers for $1 earned from Nebraska). If the buyout is reduced by 100% of the new salary, there is no incentive for him to take a new job.

He'll already be making $10 million a year so if it's a 100% reduction, Nebraska paying him $10 million/year would leave him no better off.

Some reports that it's $1 = $1, so yes he has no monetary incentive to find work

 

[Lionsfan93]

 

[David Webb]

Can someone point me to another coach that won at Temple (in football)?

Al Golden went 9-4 and 8-4 in his last two years there. About all I got.

 

[Alum-Ni]

USA Today says Nebraska should move fast to hire Rhule

Nebraska should move fast to avoid missing chance to hire Matt Rhule | Opinion

Matt Rhule was fired Monday by the the Carolina Panthers, which makes him attractive for several college football openings but one makes perfect sense.

www.usatoday.com

Spoiler: Article

Nebraska Should Move Fast to Avoid Missing Chance to Hire Matt Rhule
by Paul Myerberg, USA Today

The stink of a failed NFL tenure will send Matt Rhule back to the Football Bowl Subdivision, where he'll be welcomed with a handshake, a hug and a contract lasting five or more years somewhere north of $7 million annually.

Fired by the Carolina Panthers in the early stages of his third season, his availability at the midpoint of the regular season will scramble an already chaotic coaching cycle and lead many Power Five athletic directors to look at their incumbent head coach and ask: Is he better than what we've got?

The answer in a wide majority of cases is yes, often resoundingly.

Whoever lands Rhule will get a proven program-builder with a nearly impeccable resume as a college head coach: Between 2013 and 2019, he transformed two floundering programs, Temple and Baylor, carrying both from the bottom of the conference standings to some of the most successful years in modern program history.

Power Five job searches expected to be conducted in the next two months -- Auburn, for starters, may land on Rhule as the prime candidate, and these programs will be willing and able to pay the salary he'll demand in any negotiation.

But one current opening should make Rhule its must-have candidate and do whatever it takes from a financial perspective to capture him on this rebound back to the FBS.

Nebraska's search for a reboot under athletics director Turd Alberts should lead directly to Rhule, who meets every prerequisite for the job as subtly outlined by Alberts in announcing Scott Frost's dismissal last month.

He's a "culture builder" and a "grinder," as Alberts noted among the top qualities he was evaluating in the Cornhuskers' coaching search.

Rhule has experience as a Power Five head coach. He's clearly drawn to the rebuilding process; while his departure from Temple to Baylor one year after Art Briles was fired came as a slight surprise, given his lack of ties to Texas, the challenge spoke to Rhule on a deep level -- and the chance to put his fingerprints on once-proud Nebraska may do the same.

He can bring toughness and a mean streak back to a program painfully lacking in both areas. At Temple and Baylor, Rhule and his staff would talk about "body blows," about making opponents "drop their hands," about "going for the kill."

As a recruiter, Rhule is adept at evaluating prospects who fit the blueprint: Baylor signed only three-star recruits in a 2017 class that has formed the backbone of two New Year's Six bowl teams in three years. Combining that eye with Nebraska's strong resources in name, image and likeness would make for an intriguing mix.

At the most basic level, he would bring authenticity and credibility to a program that has swung and missed -- to varying degrees -- on coaching hires for two decades.

The big unknown is whether Nebraska can get him. Rhule is dealing from the advantageous position of not needing to work; he can collect the roughly $40 million due from the Panthers and sit back and relax, though that's not his style. He could also patiently wait out this year's market, assessing the openings that will arise in late November and early December.

Whether the Cornhuskers should make a strong push can't be stated strongly enough. The program has a major head start on the rest of the Power Five and the money to entice nearly any coach, even one set to cash an eight-figure buyout. The timing lines up to make a run at one of the top coaches to hit the open market in years.

Box after box after box: Rhule checks them all. Nebraska can't afford to let the opportunity slip away.

 

[Bootleg11]

USA Today says Nebraska should move fast to hire Rhule

Nebraska should move fast to avoid missing chance to hire Matt Rhule | Opinion

Matt Rhule was fired Monday by the the Carolina Panthers, which makes him attractive for several college football openings but one makes perfect sense.

www.usatoday.com

Spoiler: Article

Nebraska Should Move Fast to Avoid Missing Chance to Hire Matt Rhule
by Paul Myerberg, USA Today

The stink of a failed NFL tenure will send Matt Rhule back to the Football Bowl Subdivision, where he'll be welcomed with a handshake, a hug and a contract lasting five or more years somewhere north of $7 million annually.

Fired by the Carolina Panthers in the early stages of his third season, his availability at the midpoint of the regular season will scramble an already chaotic coaching cycle and lead many Power Five athletic directors to look at their incumbent head coach and ask: Is he better than what we've got?

The answer in a wide majority of cases is yes, often resoundingly.

Whoever lands Rhule will get a proven program-builder with a nearly impeccable resume as a college head coach: Between 2013 and 2019, he transformed two floundering programs, Temple and Baylor, carrying both from the bottom of the conference standings to some of the most successful years in modern program history.

Power Five job searches expected to be conducted in the next two months -- Auburn, for starters, may land on Rhule as the prime candidate, and these programs will be willing and able to pay the salary he'll demand in any negotiation.

But one current opening should make Rhule its must-have candidate and do whatever it takes from a financial perspective to capture him on this rebound back to the FBS.

Nebraska's search for a reboot under athletics director Turd Alberts should lead directly to Rhule, who meets every prerequisite for the job as subtly outlined by Alberts in announcing Scott Frost's dismissal last month.

He's a "culture builder" and a "grinder," as Alberts noted among the top qualities he was evaluating in the Cornhuskers' coaching search.

Rhule has experience as a Power Five head coach. He's clearly drawn to the rebuilding process; while his departure from Temple to Baylor one year after Art Briles was fired came as a slight surprise, given his lack of ties to Texas, the challenge spoke to Rhule on a deep level -- and the chance to put his fingerprints on once-proud Nebraska may do the same.

He can bring toughness and a mean streak back to a program painfully lacking in both areas. At Temple and Baylor, Rhule and his staff would talk about "body blows," about making opponents "drop their hands," about "going for the kill."

As a recruiter, Rhule is adept at evaluating prospects who fit the blueprint: Baylor signed only three-star recruits in a 2017 class that has formed the backbone of two New Year's Six bowl teams in three years. Combining that eye with Nebraska's strong resources in name, image and likeness would make for an intriguing mix.

At the most basic level, he would bring authenticity and credibility to a program that has swung and missed -- to varying degrees -- on coaching hires for two decades.

The big unknown is whether Nebraska can get him. Rhule is dealing from the advantageous position of not needing to work; he can collect the roughly $40 million due from the Panthers and sit back and relax, though that's not his style. He could also patiently wait out this year's market, assessing the openings that will arise in late November and early December.

Whether the Cornhuskers should make a strong push can't be stated strongly enough. The program has a major head start on the rest of the Power Five and the money to entice nearly any coach, even one set to cash an eight-figure buyout. The timing lines up to make a run at one of the top coaches to hit the open market in years.

Box after box after box: Rhule checks them all. Nebraska can't afford to let the opportunity slip away.

I don’t disagree although only if Gundy has said no. I’d also like to know who his OC is going to be

 

[Turn Down for What]

This hire would make too much sense.

Which is why it won’t happen.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Matt Rhule can repair Nebraska: Why ex-Panthers coach is perfect fit to resurrect Huskers program

Rhule is a turnaround artist at the collegiate level who could finally bring Nebraska back to prominence

www.cbssports.com

 

[JankTheTank]

Looks like Phil Snow (Rhule's DC) and Ed Foley (has coached multiple positions under Rhule) have been let go too. Don't really care for Foley. If I'm fantasy staffing this thing, I'd keep Busch as ST Coordinator and bring in Snow as DC. But they'd be available to hit the ground running with Rhule as soon as his hiring could be announced. That's pretty advantagous.

 

[Lionsfan93]

Looks like Phil Snow (Rhule's DC) and Ed Foley (has coached multiple positions under Rhule) have been let go too. Don't really care for Foley. If I'm fantasy staffing this thing, I'd keep Busch as ST Coordinator and bring in Snow as DC. But they'd be available to hit the ground running with Rhule as soon as his hiring could be announced. That's pretty advantagous.

I know this is a pretty big "if," but let's say that Rhule is the guy. How soon could we see an announcement? Is it unreasonable to think that either next Friday or Sunday (10/21 or 10/23)?

 

[Alcaus]

Looks like Phil Snow (Rhule's DC) and Ed Foley (has coached multiple positions under Rhule) have been let go too. Don't really care for Foley. If I'm fantasy staffing this thing, I'd keep Busch as ST Coordinator and bring in Snow as DC. But they'd be available to hit the ground running with Rhule as soon as his hiring could be announced. That's pretty advantagous.

I'd love it if Leipold stays at Kansas and we steal his OC

 

[Jim14510]

Some reports that it's $1 = $1, so yes he has no monetary incentive to find work

You'd have to be at least a little bit insane to take a coaching job then. As much as people are hammering on Frost being lazy I'd bet he still worked as hard if not harder than the average person.

To succeed you have to work a lot harder and more hours than the average person.

 

[Jim14510]

I know this is a pretty big "if," but let's say that Rhule is the guy. How soon could we see an announcement? Is it unreasonable to think that either next Friday or Sunday (10/21 or 10/23)?

Could you bring him in as an analyst to get to know the current staff and players? Be a good way to figure out what staff you want to keep, where the holes are in the roster, etc?